Korean
- The Korean Table by Taekyung Chung and Debra Samuels
- The Korean Kitchen by Copeland Marks
- Eating Korean by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Other
- Bulgarian Rhapsody: The Best of Balkan Cuisine by Linda Forristal
- The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden
Morocco
- Cafe Morocco by Anissa Helou
- A Taste of Morocco by Amiard et al.
- Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon by Claudia Roden
- Moroccan Modern by Hassan M’souli
- Moroccan Cooking the Easy Way by Alia Al-Kasimi (w/DVD)
Italy
My favorites (of many!) were;
- The Italian Farmer’s Table by Matthew Scialabba and Melissa Pellegrino
- Lidia’s Family Table by Lidia Bastianich
- The Classic Italian Cook Book by Marcella Hazan
Thailand
- Cracking the Coconut: Classic Home Thai Cooking by Su-Mei Yu
- Real Thai: The Best of Thailand’s Regional Cooking by Nancie McDermott
- Thai cooking from the Siam Cuisine Restaurant
- Siamese Cookery by Marie M. Wilson
- Keo’s Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone
- Healthy & Easy Thai Cooking English translation by Nuengnuj Chaixanien (cookbook direct from a friend in Bangkok!)
- Thai Street Food by David Thompson
Iran
- Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen by Najmieh Batmanglij
- In a Persian Kitchen, by Maideh Mazda
- Persian Cooking: A Table of Exotic Delights, by Nesta Ramazani
- Persian Cuisine: Traditional, Regional and Modern Foods, by M.R. Ghanoonparvar
- New Food of Life, by Najmieh Batmanglij (the 2011 edition was just released, but I’m using the 2009 edition)
- blog: http://mypersiankitchen.com/
Cuba
- A Taste of Cuba, by Beatriz Llamas
- Memories of a Cuban Kitchen, by Mary Urrutia Randelman & Joan Schwartz
- Cuba Cocina, by Joyce Lafray
- Sky Juice and Flying Fish: Traditional Caribbean Cooking, by Jessica B. Harris
Japan
- The Japanese Kitchen, by Hiroko Shimbo
- Harumi’s Japanese Home Cooking, by Harumi Kurihara
- The Book of Sushi, by Kinjiro Omae and Yuzuru Tachibana
- Vegetarian Sushi, by Brigid Treloar
- Masterclass in Japanese Cooking, by Emi Kazuko
- Japanese Food and Cooking, by Stuart Griffin
- Recipes: The Cooking of Japan, by Time Life Books
- At Home with Japanese Cooking, by Elizabeth Andoh
- Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art, by Shizuo Tsuji
Scandinavia
- Cooking Danish, by Stig Hansen
- Authentic Norwegian Cooking, by Astrid Karlsen Scott
- The Best of ScanFest, Ed. Cheryl Long
- The Great Scandinavian Baking Book, by Beatrice Ojakangas
- Christmas in Scandinavia, by Melody Favish
- Wonderful, Wonderful Danish Cooking, by Ingeborg Dahl Jensen
- Aquavit and the new Scandinavian Cuisine, by Marcus Samuelsson
- Kitchen of Light: The New Scandinavian Cooking, by Andreas Viestad
- Scandinavian Feasts: Celebrating Traditions throughout the Year, by Beatrice Ojakangas
Argentina & Uruguay
- Asi Cocinan Los Argentinos (or How Argentina Cooks) by Alberto Vasquez-Prego
- The Art of South American Cookery by Myra Waldo
- The South American Table by Maria Baez Kijac
- La Cocina Argentina, paso a paso
- Uruguayan recipes online, lots of recipes on this website that my mom says are authentic
Vietnam
- Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table by Mai Pham
- The Vietnamese Cookbook by Diana My Tran
- Authentic Vietnamese Cooking by Corinne Trang
- The Little Saigon Cookbook by Ann Le
- Lonely Planet World Food Vietnam by Richard Sterling
